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840 EVO 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 86.9% (372nd of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB
Poor: 66%Average: 86.9% Great: 117%

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Very good average bench

The Samsung 840 EVO 500GB averaged just 13.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB is 50.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 307MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 341MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 37286.9%
Min Avg Max
358 Read 463 508
158 Write 351 485
229 Mixed 307 358
59.5 SusWrite 341 448
81.9% 365 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 28.7 35.6
49.1 4K Write 74.6 110
16.4 4K Mixed 31.2 47.3
123% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.5 DQ Read 288 387
70.4 DQ Write 230 335
14.3 DQ Mixed 105 176
121% 208 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
87GB free
Firmware: DXM05B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 432 483 488 488 484 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 479
Mixed 342
SusWrite 451
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 47.8
174% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 170
177% 292 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: DXM06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 327 223 213 208 203 MB/s
86.1% Excellent
Read 475
Write 454
Mixed 345
SusWrite 268
86% 386 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 34.2
113% 38.9 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 176
178% 289 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 33 77 51 54 45 MB/s
66.6% Good
Read 358
Write 158
Mixed 229
SusWrite 59.5
44% 201 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 62.3
4K Mixed 34.7
118% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 116
127% 219 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,795,396 SSDs tested

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Typical 840 EVO 500GB Builds (Compare 7,122 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 85%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 72%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples4,567x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples843x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples599x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples994x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples471x
SSD
840 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 87%, 9 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 115% - Outstanding Total price: $652

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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